I asked, “What is the real message I want to convey to readers?” That was a simple answer — respect without judgement.

As someone who likes to describe his political views as “a little to the right of Karl Marx,” I’d like to think of myself as respectful of the sensibilities of others regarding gender identification.

Imagining how aliens might communicate prepares us for first contact and illuminates the nature of our own languages ...

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